Unthinkable World Records That People Have Broken

The Tallest Man Ever

Robert Wadlow holds the record for the tallest man ever. He was eight feet and 9 inches tall! Somehow, Wadlow would be towering over Kösen, the world's tallest living man. Wadlow was born in 1918 and died in 1940.

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The More You Know

  • Tree seeds were taken into orbit and planted as "Moon Trees."
  • Earth is 4.54 billion years old.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • One in four Americans thinks that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
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